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AWESOME!!!! The wonderful weather certainly helped. Went 4X this year. The half price tickets are a great bargain. Bought 6 at Bank Mutual this year. Gave one to a friend and sold one at the gate near the wonderful MCTS shuttles. Shoulder to shoulder packed crowds. Polite and happy crowds of all sizes, shapes, and colors. I stood back at the WI Products Pavilion for a couple of minutes and watched while nobody took an abandoned $1 bill left on a counter. That is pure Wisconsin. Then there was the mischevious farm kid that glued a $1 bill with cow$hit to a walkway in the dairy barn. Dunno if anyone suckered for that prank. I LOVE the WI State Fair!

These out of state farmers bring in a lot of money to the local economy. They pretty much travel all over the Midwest to participate in fairs during the summer and early autumn. I loved talking to the exibitors. Being a city rat, I learned a lot this year. The WI State Fair is huge. There are a lot of smaller fairs which are not so high level competition. Walworth County Fair is wonderful. Very down home, no alcohol being served, and they have harness racing, which disappeared from WI State Fair decades ago.

Having coordinated a shuttle service to the fair the past 5 years - one of the main reasons for increased attendance was the upgraded quality and young people appeal of the Main stage entertainment. The Contemporary Christian vocal group Hillsong was a real winner. I hope the Fair keep us Believers and young people in mind in the coming years.

mel: Ha ha. Good one! One location had a "Family" restroom, which I thought was a really good idea. That restroom was for parents and their little kids having potty issues. The longest wait I ever had was a couple of minutes.

Over a million in attendance and only 387,000 illinois cream puffs sold. I would say that's a small victory for Wisconsin. I commend those whom didn't buy any, and i would think the dislocated workers from Golden Guernsey would commend those also. To those that bought them...... hope you enjoyed that illinois cream, you traitors. Heard it tasted like #* anyways.

I know I'll sound like a traitor, but I never liked cream puffs. The brownies from the cream puff bakers kick butt, tho. I don't like Miller beer, also, but a couple of cold Miller Lites hit the spot the 4X I went to the Fair.